if you for whatever reason need this in Cygwin, this can be done with the library at https://github.com/divinity76/autoit_php
- cygwin-compatible rough equivalent:
<?php
if(!function_exists("imagegrabscreen")){
function imagegrabscreen()/*:gd-resource*/{
require_once("autoit.class.php");
$au=new AutoIt();
$png_binary=$au->_ScreenCapture_Capture();
return imagecreatefromstring($png_binary);
}
}
(note that unlike the real imagegrabscreen() , this function may throw a RuntimeException if there is a problem taking the picture, or if autoit.class.php cannot be loaded)